February 2017

Frequently voiced claims about Turkey’s constitutional change bill

2017-02-28 02:55 GMT
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Turkey will go to the ballot box on 16 April 2017 to vote in a referendum on constitutional reform that foresees a presidential system for the country instead of the current parliamentary one. Although the bill text is easily accessible on the Internet and necessitates no further clarification, some widespread false claims continue to diffuse. Fact-Checking Turkey assembled those claims and fact-checked each of them correspondingly.

PKK camps exposed as rape and torture centers by female militants

2017-02-14 02:09 GMT
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The PKK terrorist group boasts recruiting a large number of female militants to its cause but accounts of female militants surrendered to security forces indicate a darker side to the women's role in the group. An intelligence report based on those accounts shows that women were treated as sex slaves by the group that has killed thousands in Turkey since the 1980s. Cases of rape and sexual abuse as well as threats to keep women quiet over those cases are widespread within the group, the report shows.

What did Turkish president mean by “giving a positive sign to Qandil”?

2017-02-09 06:36 GMT
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On 7 February 2017, a news story about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s comments on a referendum that is expected to take place in spring 2017 was published in Reuters. The referendum will be on a constitutional reform bill that foresees the replacement of the current parliamentary system with an executive presidency for Turkey.

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